James Samuel VERSACE

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Service Number:	10545
Enlisted:	16 December 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Divisional Train
Born:	Toolamba, Victoria, Australia, 13 November 1891
Home Town:	Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 5 June 1975, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:

16 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 10545, 3rd Divisional Train, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
30 May 1916:	Involvement Driver, 10545, 3rd Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
30 May 1916:	Involvement Driver, 10545, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
30 May 1916:	Embarked Driver, 10545, 3rd Divisional Train, HMAT Persic, Sydney
30 May 1916:	Embarked Driver, 10545, HMAT Persic, Sydney
16 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 10545, 3rd Divisional Train, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to bronchial pneumonia

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Son of Antonio Versace and Annie Versace nee Dean of Baking Board, via Chinchilla, QLD formerly of Toolamba, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 16 January 1919 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 2 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1919c James married Olive L.A. Howard in Sydney, NSW